United States International Trade Commission
USITC institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Mobile Devices with Hardware and Software for Exchanging Electronic Content
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain mobile devices with hardware and software for exchanging electronic content. The products at issue in the investigation are described in the USITC’s notice of investigation.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed on behalf of GG Technologies, Inc. d/b/a StayTouch of Santa Monica, California, on July 28, 2026. An amended complaint was filed on August 14, 2026. The complaint, as amended, alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain mobile devices with hardware and software for exchanging electronic that infringe certain claims of the patent asserted by the complainant. The complainant requests that the USITC issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.
The USITC has identified the respondent in this investigation as Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California.
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-1520), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC’s administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the USITC.
The USITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the USITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. USITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that 60-day period.
USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Melanoma Predictive and Prognostic Tests and Components Thereof
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain melanoma predictive and prognostic tests and components thereof. The products at issue in the investigation are described in the USITC’s notice of investigation.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed on behalf of Castle Biosciences, Inc. of Friendswood, Texas, on July 10, 2026. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by reason of the upon the importation into the United States or in the sale of certain melanoma predictive and prognostic tests and components by reason of unfair competition through false advertising. The complainant requests that the USITC issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
The USITC has identified the following respondents in this investigation:
- SkylineDx Holding B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands
- SkylineDx USA, Inc., San Diego, California
- Qiagen GmbH, Hilden, Germany
- QIAGEN LLC, Germantown, Maryland
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-1519), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC’s administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the USITC.
The USITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the USITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. USITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that 60-day period.
USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Concerning Silicon Metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revocation of the countervailing duty order on imports of silicon metal from Kazakhstan and the antidumping duty orders on silicon metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, and Malaysia would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
As a result of the USITC’s affirmative determinations, the existing orders on imports of this product from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia will remain in place.
Chairman Brett W. Doyle and Commissioners Jason E. Kearns, Peter-Anthony Pappas, Bart Thanhauser, and David Foley Jr. voted in the affirmative.
Today’s action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. See the attached page for background on these five-year (sunset) reviews.
The USITC’s public report, Silicon Metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia (Inv. Nos. 701-TA- 652 and 731-TA-1524-1526 (Review), USITC Publication 5785, August 2026), will contain the views of the USITC and information developed during the reviews.
The report will be available on the USITC website by September 28, 2026.
BACKGROUND
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the USITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (USITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time.
The USITC’s institution notice in five-year reviews requests that interested parties file responses with the USITC concerning the likely effects of revoking the order under review as well as other information. Generally, within 95 days from institution, the USITC will determine whether the responses it has received reflect an adequate or inadequate level of interest in a full review. If responses to the USITC’s notice of institution are adequate, or if other circumstances warrant a full review, the USITC conducts a full review, which includes a public hearing and issuance of questionnaires.
The USITC generally does not hold a hearing or conduct further investigative activities in expedited reviews. Commissioners base their injury determination in expedited reviews on the facts available, including the USITC’s prior injury and review determinations, responses received to its notice of institution, data collected by staff in connection with the reviews, and information provided by the Department of Commerce.
The five-year (sunset) reviews concerning Silicon Metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia were instituted on March 2, 2026.
On June 5, 2026, the USITC determined to conduct expedited five-year reviews. Commissioners David S. Johanson, Jason E. Kearns, and Amy A. Karpel concluded that the domestic interested party group responses were adequate and the respondent interested party group responses were inadequate, and voted for expedited reviews. Chairman Brett W. Doyle and Commissioners Peter-Anthony Pappas, Bart Thanhauser, and David Foley Jr. did not participate in the adequacy votes.
A record of the USITC’s vote to conduct expedited reviews is available on the investigations page for Silicon Metal from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia; Inv. No. 701-TA-652 and 731-TA-1524-1526 (Review).
USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Secondary Cylindrical Batteries, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain secondary cylindrical batteries, components thereof, and products containing the same. The products at issue in the investigation are described in the USITC’s notice of investigation.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed on behalf of LG Energy Solution Ltd. of Seoul, Republic of Korea, and LG Energy Solution Arizona, Inc. of Queen Creek, Arizona, on July 21, 2026. A supplement was filed on August 5, 2026. The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain secondary cylindrical batteries, components thereof, and products containing the same that infringe certain claims of the patents asserted by the complainants. The complainants request that the USITC issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
The USITC has identified the following respondents in this investigation:
- EVE Energy Co., Ltd., Guangdong, China
- EVE Energy North America Corporation, Lewis Center, Ohio
- EVE Energy US Holding LLC, Lake Forest, California
- Robert Bosch GmbH, Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Germany
- Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Mount Prospect, Illinois
- Koki Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Koki Holdings America Ltd., Braselton, Georgia
- Chervon (China) Trading Co., Ltd, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China
- Chervon North America, Inc., Naperville, Illinois
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-1518), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC’s administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the USITC.
The USITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the USITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. USITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that 60-day period.
USITC Votes on Hardwood and Decorative Plywood from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today announced its injury determinations in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning hardwood and decorative plywood from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments of China, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
The USITC defined three domestic like products in these investigations.
Chairman Brett W. Doyle and Commissioners Jason S. Kearns and Peter-Anthony Pappas voted in the affirmative regarding hardwood and decorative plywood (excluding all softwood structural plywood) from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. As a result of the USITC’s affirmative determinations regarding hardwood and decorative plywood, Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of this product from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Chairman Doyle and Commissioners Kearns and Pappas found that the imports of softwood structural plywood downfall and stamped and certified softwood structural plywood from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam that Commerce determined are sold at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments of China, Indonesia, and Vietnam are negligible, and voted to terminate the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations for these products from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Commissioners Bart Thanhauser and David Foley Jr. did not participate in today’s vote.
The USITC’s public report on Hardwood and Decorative Plywood from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-764-766 and 731-TA-1747-1749 (Final), USITC Publication 5784, August 2026) will contain the views of the USITC and information developed during the investigations.
The report will be available on the USITC website by September 28, 2026.
Status of proceedings, links to relevant documents, and more information about the investigations can be found at the USITC’s Investigations Database System (IDS).
David Foley Jr. Sworn In as U.S. International Trade Commissioner
David Foley Jr., a Republican of Virginia, was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC). He was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve on the Commission on January 29, 2026, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 16, 2026, for a term expiring on June 16, 2032.
About Commissioner Foley
Prior to joining the Commission, Commissioner Foley served as Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property for the House Judiciary Committee majority staff. This followed career civil service positions as an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served on detail as a Senior Policy Advisor in the White House during the first Trump Administration. He was previously an attorney-advisor at the Commission and a civil litigator in private practice. He continues to serve as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, where he is an acquisition law attorney in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.
About the U.S. International Trade Commission
The USITC is an independent, nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency. The agency investigates and makes determinations in proceedings involving imports claimed to injure a domestic industry or violate U.S. intellectual property rights; provides independent analysis and information on tariffs, trade, and competitiveness to the President and the Congress; and maintains the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
Bart Thanhauser Sworn In as U.S. International Trade Commissioner
Bart Thanhauser, a Democrat of New York, was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 16, 2026, for a term expiring December 16, 2027.
About Commissioner Thanhauser
Before joining the USITC, Commissioner Thanhauser served as Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, where he led U.S. trade policy for countries across the region. He has worked on trade policy and trade enforcement matters in the U.S. government for more than fifteen years, including at the U.S. Department of Commerce, as Senior Policy Advisor to the Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, and as a Trade Advisor to Senator Catherine Cortez Masto.
About the U.S. International Trade Commission
The USITC is an independent, nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency. The agency investigates and makes determinations in proceedings involving imports claimed to injure a domestic industry or violate U.S. intellectual property rights; provides independent analysis and information on tariffs, trade, and competitiveness to the President and the Congress; and maintains the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Transformers and Components Thereof
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain transformers and components thereof. The products at issue in the investigation are described in the Commission’s notice of investigation.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed on behalf of Ayr Energy, Inc. of Mountain View, California, on July 16, 2026. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and/or the sale within the United States after importation of certain transformers and components thereof by reason of misappropriation of trade secrets, false advertising, unfair competition, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, and common law trademark infringement. The complainant requests that the USITC issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
The USITC has identified the following respondents in this investigation:
- Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses Private Limited, Bangalore, India
- Zetwerk Manufacturing USA Inc., San Francisco, California
- KRYFS Power Components Ltd., Mumbai, India
- Unimacts Global, LLC, Lexington, Massachusetts
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-1517), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC’s administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission.
The USITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the USITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. USITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that 60-day period.
USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Mobile Electronic Devices
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain mobile electronic devices. The products at issue in the investigation are described in the Commission’s notice of investigation.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed on behalf of Maxell, Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, on July 10, 2026. An amended complaint was filed on July 24, 2026. The amended complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain mobile electronic devices that infringe certain claims of the patents asserted by the complainant. The amended complainant requests that the USITC issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
The USITC has identified the following respondents in this investigation:
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-1516), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC’s administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission.
The USITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the USITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. USITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that 60-day period.
USITC Releases Report Evaluating the Effectiveness of Import Relief for Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC or Commission) released a report on August 5, 2026, evaluating the effectiveness of the import relief measures imposed on crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) products that became effective on February 7, 2018, and ended on February 6, 2026.
The report, Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled Into Other Products: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Import Relief (Investigation No. TA-201-075 (Evaluation), USITC Publication 5773, August 2026), is available on the USITC website.
Background
Section 204(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 requires the Commission, upon termination of a safeguard measure, to evaluate the effectiveness of the action in facilitating positive adjustment by the domestic industry to import competition, consistent with the reasons set out by the President in a report submitted to the Congress under section 203(b) of the Act. The Commission must submit the report on the evaluation to the President and the Congress no later than 180 days after the day on which the relief action was terminated on February 6, 2026. The report was submitted on August 5, 2026, 180 days after the date of termination.
The President imposed the measure on certain CSPV products on February 7, 2018, after receiving a USITC determination (under section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974) that CSPV products were being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury to the domestic industry. The measure was in the form of (a) a tariff-rate quota on imports of CSPV cells not partially or fully assembled into other products and (b) additional duties on imports of CSPV modules that were phased down over a period of four years. See Proclamation 9693 of January 23, 2018.
On February 4, 2022, the President extended the measure by an additional four years after the USITC determined that action under section 203 of the Trade Act with respect to imports of CSPV products continued to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury and that there was evidence that the domestic industry was making a positive adjustment to import competition. See Proclamation 10339.